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Carlos Marin & His Fellow Il Divo Group Mates to Launch U.S. Leg of “For Once In My Life Tour” This Summer

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For once Carlos Marin has a reason to smile post COVID-19 lockdown…

The 52-year-old Spanish baritone and his fellow Il Divo group members have revealed the U.S. leg of their For Once In My Life Tour, which will feature a dynamic live show celebrating Motown and include Il Divo’s hits from their vast catalog.

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Featuring Marin, America’s David Miller, France’s Sebastien Izambard and Switzerland’s Urs Buhler, Il Divo’s tour is produced by Nederlander Concerts.

The 15-city U.S. leg will kick off August 12th at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts and make stops at major cities across the U.S., including the H-E-B Center in Texas on August 21, the Wang Theatre in Boston on September 3, and Arie Crown Theater in Chicago on September 10.

“We are beyond excited to be creating a brand new world tour centered around our new album For Once In My Life. We have spent the last two years creating this album, which pays tribute to some of the greatest music in American pop-culture. And now, to finally be able to present our versions of these great songs to the world, and to get back onstage and sing them for live audiences… well it makes us feel very emotional. We have very much missed performing together and enjoying the connection with our audiences and our fans. We just can’t wait for opening night,” says Miller.

The tour supports their 10th studio album, For Once In My Life: A Celebration of Motown (Decca Gold), set for release on July 16th.

Il Divo’s celebratory collection of Motown classics include their distinctive take on chart-topping songs like “I’ll Be There,” “For Once In My Life,” and “Say You, Say Me.”

An Il Divo artist presale and VIP package sales for select dates begin June 23 at 10:00 am local time, and the general public on-sale starts this Friday, June 25 at 10 am local time.

Il Divo will offer VIP packages for each show that include premium tickets, photo op with group members, specially designed merchandise & more. Fans can visit here for more information.

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE 2021 U.S. TOUR DATES

*August 12 – San Jose, CA @ San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
*August 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Microsoft Theater
*August 14 – Las Vegas, NV @ Michelob Ultra Arena
*August 17 – Denver, CO @ Bellco Theatre
*August 20 – San Antonio, TX @ Tobin Center
*August 21 – Cedar Park, TX @ H-E-B Center at Cedar Park
August 22 – McAllen, TX @ McAllen Performing Arts Center
August 27 – Tampa, FL @ The Mahaffey Theater
August 28 – Miami, FL @ James L. Knight Center
August 29 – Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre
September 2 – Reading, PA @ Santander Performing Arts Center
September 3 – Boston, MA @ Wang Theatre
September 4 – New York, NY @ The Beacon Theatre
September 9 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
September 10 – Chicago, IL @ Arie Crown Theater

Bad Bunny Makes History on the Billboard 200 as “El Ultimo Tour del Mundo” Debuts at No. 1

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Bad Bunny’s Ultimo Tour del Mundo is his first Billboard 200 chart-topper…

The 26-year-old Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton singer has earned his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while making history in the process.

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His new studio effort El Ultimo Tour del Mundo debuts atop the list, marking the first all-Spanish-language album to reach No. 1 in the 64-year history of the all-genre chart.

The album starts with 116,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending December 3, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

The previous highest-charting all-Spanish-language album came earlier this year, when Bad Bunny’s own YHLQMDLG debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the chart dated March 14 (179,000 units earned in its first week).

Of El Ultimo Tour del Mundo’s 116,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending December 3, SEA units comprise 103,000 (equating to 145.94 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), album sales comprise 12,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Only four all-Spanish-language albums have ever reached the top five on the Billboard 200: Bad Bunny’s El Ultimo Tour del Mundo (No. 1), YHLQMDLG (No. 2), Mana’s Amar es Combatir (No. 4; Sept. 9, 2006) and Shakira’s Fijación Oral: Vol. 1 (No. 4; June 25, 2005).

Before El Ultimo Tour del Mundo became the first all-Spanish-language album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200, there were only two mostly Spanish-sung albums reigned: Il Divo’s Ancora (February 11, 2006) and Selena’s Dreaming of You (August 5, 1995). Of Ancora’s 10 songs, seven were performed in Spanish. Dreaming of You’s 13-track album includes six tracks in Spanish, five in English and two duets that blend English and Spanish.

All told, Bad Bunny has now achieved five charting albums on the Billboard 200, with his last four all reaching the top 10. His first charting set, X 100PRE, peaked at No. 11 on the January 12, 2019-dated chart, and he followed it with Oasis (with J Balvin, No. 9; July 13, 2019), YHLQMDLG (No. 2; March 14, 2020), Las Que No Iban a Salir (No. 7; May 23, 2020) and now El Ultimo Tour del Mundo.

El Ultimo Tour del Mundo was led by the track “Dákiti,” a co-billed song with Jhay Cortez. It marked Bad Bunny’s third top 10 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and his seventh No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The song also reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.

Il Divo Earns First No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums Chart

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Carlos Marin has his first No. 1 on the Latin charts…

The 47-year-old Spanish baritone and his fellow members of the classical crossover quartet Il Divo have earned their first showing on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart as Amor & Pasion debutsat the top of the chart (dated Dec. 5), selling 5,000 copies in the week ending Nov. 19, according to Nielsen Music.

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The 12-track Spanish-language set strays from the majority of Il Divo’s albums, which are performed predominantly in Italian and English.

Over on the Top Classical Albums chart, Amor & Pasion enters at No. 5 — the group’s 10th top 10. Overall, Il Divo has seven No. 1s on the list with its debut self-titled album spending 29 weeks at the top in 2005.

Amor & Pasion includes classical versions of some well-known Latin tracks including “Don’t Wanna​ Lose You,” originally written and performed by Gloria Estefan. The group also interprets Julio Iglesias’ “Abrazame,” his 1975 hit from the album El Amor. Versions of Consuelo Velazquez’s “Besame Mucho” and Carlos Gardel’s “Volver” also form part of the track list.